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Published 23 May 2025, 15:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

International Student Recruitment - PGT International Conversion Service

Official notice

Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£875,000≈ £292k / year · £1,050,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2025awarded 14 Aug 2025
Award (standstill) to QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Exeter is exploring third party services to support the student recruitment journey of our prospective international PGT students to commence from September 2025 for future intakes.

  • No preliminary market engagement: This is an established market, with minimum entrants.

CPV: Education and training services · Higher education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£875,000
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensionsValue: £875,000 exc. VAT · £1,050,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: This contract can be extended for two further periods of up to 12 months.
80000000 Education and training services80300000 Higher education services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 15:44 BST
Last source update
14 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 16 Jul 2025
Authority reference
UOE/2025/034/LLM
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026793
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHigher education services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0523fe Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

23 May 2025 → 26 Aug 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    23 May 2025, 15:44 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    16 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025
  6. Assessment summaries sent
    14 Aug 2025
  7. Latest notice published
    14 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
  8. Standstill ends
    26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    23 May 2025, 15:44 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    14 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    14 Aug 2025, 14:19 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    30 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £875,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 72 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
QS Quacquarelli Symonds LimitedInternational Student Recruitment - PGT International Conversion1 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2030Extensions: Two periods of up to 12 months£875,000same award published again · counted once14 Aug 2025standstill to 26 Aug 2025Standstill
QS Quacquarelli Symonds LimitedInternational Student Recruitment - PGT International Conversion1 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2030Extensions: Two periods of up to 12 months£875,00013 Aug 2025standstill to 26 Aug 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one20—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Exeter

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PZYG-2396-XCRZ Northcote House, Exeter, South West, EX4 4QHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • QS Quacquarelli Symonds LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYJD-2139-HPHM 1 Tranley Mews, London, London, NW3 2DGContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender